ISLAND SONGS WAS MADE FOR JEAN ROCHARD’S NATO LABEL IN 1996. THE MUSIC WAS A MIX OF EXOTIC BLUES AND FRENCH CAFE CHANSON SOUNDING HAWAIIAN WITH FREE JAZZ,ISLAND REGGAE AND TROPICAL DANCE BEATS ALL THROWN TOGETHER – THE MUSICIANS INVOLVED WERE AS ECLECTIC AS THE MUSIC – LOL COXHILL/SAXOPHONE, CYRIL LEFEBVRE/HAWAIIAN GUITAR, JEAN-LOUIS MATINIER/ACCORDION,HELEN LABARRIERE/ACOUSTIC BASS,FLO PETRICIEN/VOCALS,LAMB GALION/GUITAR,NOEL AKCHOTE/GUITAR,AURORA BARBATELLI/HARP AND MY BAND AT THE TIME “CONTINENTAL DRIFT” – PAT THOMAS/KEYBOARDS, GEOFF HAWKINS AND TIM HILL ON SAXOPHONES, GARY JONES/ELECTRIC BASS AND SIMON PRICE/DRUMS.
THE TWO SAMPLES HERE ARE ‘MONEY ALL GONE’ A RE-WRITE OF MOTHERLESS CHILDREN BY BLIND WILLY JOHNSON PLAYED WITH ALBERT AYLER IN MIND AND AN OLD HAWAIIAN SONG ‘HILO HANAKAHI’ PLAYED FRENCH CAFE STYLE.
THIS PAGE IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF GARY JONES.
